encasement

English

Alternative forms

• incasement (archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old French en-bor.

Middle English en-

English en-

English case

English encase

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English encasement

From encase + -ment.

Noun

encasement (countable and uncountable, plural encasements)

1. The act of encasing.
2. Something that encases.
3. (genetics) The early genetic theory of emboîtement.